Samuel Koltes — Director of Operations at Echo Tours
Samuel Koltes
Director of Operations
Denver | United States
Skills
No information
Industries
Bike
Music
Outdoor
Skate
Snow
Work experience
Echo Tours
Director of Operations | 01/2012 - Current
- Plan and facilitate ski and snowboard trips for over 65 university ski and snowboard clubs across the country including but not limited to lodging, resort access, and transportation
- Travel over 6000 students each winter season
- Advise university ski and snowboard club executive board officers on innovative ways to promote their clubs and grow their overall membership as well as their trip attendees each season
- Maintain current relationships with ski and snowboard clubs while consistently searching for new clubs to join our winter excursions
- Work with major mountain resorts in Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming to put on events for our groups on and off the mountain
- Organize, promote, and ensure that all trip events run smoothly
- Manage in-office staff and projects
- Manage and direct seasonal staffers to coordinate check-in for hundreds of students at any given resort
- Complete in-office tasks such as answering phone calls and working on the company database and website
Heavenly Mountain Resort - Vail Resorts
Product Sales and Services | 11/2013 - 03/2014
- Interact with hundreds of resort guests each day providing “Epic” customer service
- Have a clear understanding of mountain navigation and etiquette to properly direct and assist customers
- Team-oriented operations
University of Minnesota Bookstores
Loss Prevention - Security | 04/2012 - 08/2013
- Apprehend all potential theft offenders
- Operate security system including more than 45 cameras throughout the bookstore
- Assist customers with any questions concerning bookstore or university operations
